ECE conducts webinars to demonstrate solutions to everyday problems in the plant design using Intergraph CADWorx, PIDMO and PLANTMO.
All Webinars are provided free of charge to promote technology for engineering and design tasks. You will learn about software solutions and techniques that improve performance for engineering, construction, inspection, validation, maintenance and operations.
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UPCOMING WEBINARS:
CADWorx PLANT: Enhanced Piping
The CADWorx Enhanced Piping is being released in the next Version this spring. ECE estimates that the enhanced pipe routing will reduce modeling times by at least 20%!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CST
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CADWorx Topworks: Are you getting the most out of this tool?
Handwheel orientations, space allocation, ISOGEN automation and more can be had from this convenient CADworx tool.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CST
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CADWorx P&ID Standard: If you own Plant Pro you own it, are you using it?
CADWorx P&ID Standard is the simplest pure AutoCAD block and attribute P&ID
drawing generation tool out there and if you own CADWorx Plant Professional
current under maintenance you already have it! If you're suing plain AutoCAD for
P&ID's you owe it to yourself to take a look!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CST
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PLANTMO-CAD: Isometric Revisions in a Snap
Want to ISOGEN on Steroids? PLANTMO-CAD can cut the time to issue revisions.
Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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CADWorx: Tips and Tricks: Session 1
Join our CADworx experts for some CADWorx Tips and Tricks to improve productivity in the design process.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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Technical Support Solutions: Session 1
ECE Technical Support handles countless support calls. During this webinar, ECE will review some common issues and how to resolve them.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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PLANTMO: Projectwide Material TakeOffs
Project Wide Materials from your CADWorx model: Project Wide Material Takeoffs
OUTSIDE of the CAD model!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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PIDMO: Reporting
PIDMO is the CADWorx P&ID Productivity tool developed by ECE Design. Get the most out of your P&ID Database! Standardized reporting using your existing Excel forms is a snap.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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CADWorx Enhanced Piping: Specifications
The CADWorx Enhanced Piping specification bring change that is easily managed. Using these techniques displayed, you will become an expert in no time.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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CADWorx Support Modeler: Pipe Supports Made Easy
Haven't had time to use the Pipe Support Module in CADWorx or struggling with it?
Join us for a simple overview of how to capitalize on this core CADWorx feature.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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RECENT WEBINARS:
CADWorx: Leveraging Cloudworx Basic
Learn how to leverage CloudWorx Basic on your Projects when using CADWorx to produce intelligent models from laser scanned point clouds.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM CST
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CADWorx Plant 2012 Feature, Discontinuity Checker
Tired of ISOGEN failing? Tired of using "ISOGEN OUT" one line at a time to find the problem? The latest version of CADWorx Plant now includes a 'Discontinuity Checker' that provides designers a tool that finds and zooms into pipe line disconnects. During this webinar ECE will demonstrate how this tool can be leveraged by the CADWorx Plant Professional designers and checkers to reduce time spent tracking down modeling errors.
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CADWorx Plant 2012: Different Automatic Isometric Features
Do you know all the differences between "ISOGENOUT" and "ISOBATCH"? Did you realize that there is a difference? CADWorx Plant has many different ways to generate how ISOGEN can provide designers with the perfect isometric during each milestone of a project. Each project may have many different deliverable requirements for isometrics. During this webinar ECE will demonstrate the time saving differences between these features and teach designers how to leverage each command during different stages of a project.
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View CADWorx Drivers of Success 2011 Webinar Recording Here
PLANTMO 2011, The Ultimate Material Management Systems
Together, CADWorx and PLANTMO provide a flexible material management system that can be applied to most plant design projects and integrated with any enterprise system.
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Intergraph CADWorx PLANT: A General Overview
In this first webinar, ECE Design will demonstrate the basic drawing functionality that makes CADWorx PLANT the right choice for 3D Plant design. ECE will present out-of-the-box tools and specifications to create a simple skid from scratch in minutes. This webinar will also include some basic steel design.
Q: Can you change the default values in equipment?
A: No. But you can save off equipment and then reuse.
Q: Can you use other type connectors such as Victaulic?
A: Yes. CADWorx has Vitaulic specs out of the box that can be appended to meet your exact needs.
Q: Could you also change the elevation of the pipe in lieu of stretching?
A: Yes. There is a Change Elevation Command.
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Intergraph CADWorx PLANT: Leveraging Instruments in a 3D Model
Within CADWorx Plant there are many ways to add instruments in to productions models and leverage them for Bills of Materials, Illustrating on Isometrics, Annotation on Orthographic Plan Drawings. During this session we will demonstrate some best practices when including Instruments in 3D CADWorx Models.
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Intergraph CADWorx PLANT: Weld Mapping and Inspection
So many projects require great attention to welding and our Bill Vasey continues to provide consulting services as Certified Welding Inspector(CWI) on methods to improve the documentation process. ECE Design understands the necessity for sound welds whether they are for industrial process piping (ASME B3.#) or the demanding requirements of Hygienic piping (ASME BPE). During this session, ECE will demonstrate how to leverage CADWorx to produce weld maps and the associated inspection forms that can be used to service most piping projects.
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CADWorx PLANT: Hygienic Projects
CADWorx Plant Professional can be used very effectively on hygienic projects. The pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry has some very unique piping design requirements that CADWorx has been able to address since its introduction in 1996. This session will demonstrate how to apply the "out of the box" features and functions to create detailed piping designs. ECE will present techniques to model some of the more inline components like Multi-Port diaphragm valves, Sterile Access ports, Filter Housings and alike. In addition, we'll present some techniques to address the "Validation" requirements of this industry such dead legs, sloped piping and weld mapping.
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CADWorx PLANT: Electrical Design
CADWorx Plant and ElectroMOD can be used to effectively model and detail electrical hardware such as cable tray, conduit, panels, local disconnects and alike.
This webinar demonstrates how to setup and use CADWorx specifications for electrical hardware. It will also cover how to create electrical engineering deliverables that assists with clash detections and construction.
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CADWorx PLANT: 2D Orthographic Production
In this second webinar, ECE Design demonstrated how to produce 2D Orthographic drawings with CADWorx PLANT:
* Creating named views using VIEWBOX
* Dimensioning and Annotation tools
* 2D Drawing Creation using 2DREP
* Drawing generation and revisions using sheet set manager
In addition, ECE Design demonstrated the BOM function in CADWorx PLANT as well as the extended functionality in in the newly released PLANTMO product. This includes the ability to manage the Item Numbers or DB_CODES in CADWorx PLANT through the use of a unique long description and size. No longer do companies need to manage the db.dat file!
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CADWorx PLANT: Isometrics and PLANTMO-CAD
In this third webinar, ECE Design will demonstrate how to produce 2D Isometric Drawings with CADWorx PLANT. In addition, ECE will demonstrate the PLANTMO-CAD utility to produce 2D Isometric Drawings with standard Attributed title blocks along with the ability to renumber drawings automatically per your customer requirements:
*Setting up a title block with attributes
*Isometric generation using ISOGENOUT and ISOBATCH
*Drawing List Setup with Project Status report
*Batch Revision and Title Block Updates from PLANTMO-CAD
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CADWorx PLANT: Discontinuity Checker
The latest version of CADWorx Plant now includes a 'Discontinuity Checker' that provides designers a tool that finds and zooms into pipe line disconnects that make Isogen fail. During this webinar ECE will demonstrate how this new tool can be leveraged by the CADWorx Plant Professional designers and checkers to reduce the time it takes to track down these modeling errors.
Question and Answer Archive
Q: Is there a way to use this with CADWorx Line View to find disconnects in a specific line?
A: The Discontinuity Checker works independently of the Line View. That said, the Discontinuity Checker provides a view of Line Numbers.
Q: What Version of CADWorx enabled this feature?
A: The official version was CADWorx 10.01. This was the last CADWorx 2010 Build.
Q: Does the Pallette work when using the CADWorx Steel Module?
A: At this time, the Discontinuity Checker is for Pipe Only.
Q: Are there default tolerances?
A: There is a default Minimum Tolerance of 0.02 and a default Maximum Tolerance of 0.2. Both are easily configured to your specific requirements in the dialog box.
Q: Does this help with Tap Connections?
A: The Discontinuity Checker will find TAP and OTAP connections as long as the disconnect falls within the minumum and maximum tolerances. That said, it will not tell you when you need a tap just that a discontinuity exists...
Q: Is there any way to change the Zoom Factor?
A: Unfortunately, not at this time.
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CADWorx PLANT: Pipe Support BOM Export
The latest version of CADWorx Plant now includes a Pipe Support Bill of Material export utility. The CADWorx Plant pipe support modeler allows standards supports to be comprised of multiple components. Now these individual components can be exported to a Bill of Material. During this webinar ECE will demonstrate how this new tool can be leveraged by the CADWorx Plant Professional administrators, designers and project managers to obtain material take-offs for their Pipe Supports.
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CADWorx Plant 2012: Different Automatic Isometric Features
Do you know all the differences between "ISOGENOUT" and "ISOBATCH"? Did you realize that there is a difference? CADWorx Plant has many different ways to generate how ISOGEN can provide designers with the perfect isometric during each milestone of a project. Each project may have many different deliverable requirements for isometrics. During this webinar ECE will demonstrate the time saving differences between these features and teach designers how to leverage each command during different stages of a project.
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CADWorx P&ID: General Overview
In this webinar, ECE Design demonstrated the basic drawing functionality that makes CADWorx P&ID the right choice for drawing your AutoCAD P&ID drawings. ECE presented basic drawing features and out-of-the-box industry standard symbols that enable users to produce drawings in minutes.
Question and Answer Archive
Q: Can the default settings be changed for dynamic blocks (would want the flanged valve to be default instead of welded).
A: Absolutely, the dynamic block can be set up to have any one of the graphic options as the default.
Q: what are the benefits of using a database? Which DB can be used?
A: SQL or ACCESS or Oracle. This will be covered in the next Webinar in detail but here are a few key benefits:
• Project wide collaboration between engineering, management and design working concurrently in the same data set, (change once update everywhere).
• Instant access to project wide reporting by anyone with data access
• Up to date material takeoffs for P&ID items such as valves, equipment, instruments, lines, etc.
• This eliminates the need for manual takeoffs from each drawing
Q: How do you move Equipment without moving the tag?
A: You simply use AutoCAD stretch and Cross through the equipment and not the tag or hold down shift and click on the tag to remove it from the selection set.
Then you can move the equipment where you want and the tag stays in place.
Q: How customizable is the equip. data filed dialog box?
A: 100%, the user has complete control of the information contained by modifying the block to have the attributes desired and/or in the case of using the live database with P&ID Professional the user can add any columns they wish to the database without limitation.
Q: What if you want different attributes than the ones that come standard?
A: No issue, you can add any attributes you require. Simply open the block in regular AutoCAD and make any changes or additions you want to the attributes, move them around, change text styles and sizes, etc. CADWorx P&ID will work with any AutoCAD blocks, even the ones you’re already using. Just get the blocks like you want them and then add them to the CADWorx P&ID menu through the Menu Symbol Editor utility- very simple!
Q:How can the area be included in the tag name so that unit relative P&IDs can be generated i.e. in the bubble there will be 26 TIC 001 (AREA Function and Unique Number?
A: Simply add an AREA attribute to the instrument symbol blocks where you want that information displayed in the block:
Q: Will web session 3 cover ECE specific tools
A: No, session 3 is about CADWorx Internet Publisher, we will follow up at a later date with webinars on ECE tools. In the meantime you can review previous webinars which have showcased ECE tools such as PIDMO can be seen in use at the below webinars.
Or if you like we can set up a one on one web meeting with you and your company or even schedule an onsite visit if it makes sense.
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CADWorx P&ID: Advanced Functionality
In this second Webinar, ECE Design demonstrated how easy it is to add the database functionality to CADWorx P&ID. Enabling the database, allows users to further leverage their P&ID's by providing a place to manage and store all the associated P&ID data. In addition, ECE explored included utilities for converting existing AutoCAD based block and attribute P&ID's into CADWorx intelligent P&ID's.
Q: When you add documentation in the component dialog box, can the document be a hyperlink rather than an actual file?
A: No. When you enter a hyperlink the system will bring the file down local to your drive. However you can setup a document that contains the hyperlink and link the component to the document such as a Word or Excel file.
Q: Can P&ID function with AutoCAD LT?
A: No. A full version of AutoCAD is required. As an AutoCAD Bundler, ECE can assist with your AutoCAD needs.
Q: Is CADWorx P&ID Professional included in the purchase of CADWorx Plant Professional 2010?
A: No. However, CADWorx Plant Professional does currently ship with a free copy of CADWorx P&ID Standard. Please note that this copy is tied to the same license key. The free copy of P&ID Standard can be upgraded to P&ID Professional for an upgrade fee of $1500 which is a savings of $1000 or more depending on whether your Plant Pro is stand alone or a network license.
Q: Will CADWorx work with existing access database or do you have to let it create its own database?
A: The Access or SQL or Oracle database used by CADWorx is not proprietary in any form. However, certain tables and fields are required by CADWorx. The user can add as many fields to the required tables and the system will accommodate up to 10 additional user defined tables. If a more in depth answer is required then please contact us at ECE Design.
Q: Can you work on the remaining drawings if one of the drawings is checked out? Basically, can you work on both sets (checked out and not checked out) at the same time? Finally, will the database pick up and merge all changes made on both sets
A: Yes, Yes, and Yes.
Q: If you copy a line to a new file, when you place in into the new file the line has been broken into segments. How can the program maintain the connection?
A: Lines copied from one drawing to another or lines imported into a database project can be reconnected using a utility in CADWorx P&ID called COMBINELINES. This function will combine multiple segments into a single process line entry in the database and allow the user to pick the To/From for that line.
Q: Can you use xdata to add attributed line numbers not assoicated with cadworx?
A: This question needs clarification. If you’re asking if you can make a non-CADWorx line intelligent with CADWorx xdata the answer is yes, you can use the XDATAADD function in CADWorx P&ID Professional to add CADWorx xdata to any component from regular AutoCAD including lines.
If your question is can you add xdata to an attribute line number string of text from AutoCAD the answer is no, line xdata can only be added to a line or polyline and the only attribute for lines that can be displayed in the drawing is the line number tag value, other attributes cannot be associated with the polyline.
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CADWorx P&ID: Internet Publisher
In this third and final webinar in the P&ID series, ECE demonstrated CADWorx P&ID ability to publish drawings and data using CADWorx IP. This collaboration tool allows companies to effortlessly publish P&ID drawings, data and related documents so they can be accessed using Internet Explorer. Imagine pulling up your web browser and clicking on the temperature transmitter to access a service manual or the calibration.
Q: Can you rename the link in the Index.html to reference another filename rather than BannerRight.gif rather than copying over?
A: Yes, you can name the banner logos anything you like you simply have to edit the "Header.htm" file located in the Frames folder under the published project and replace the file names with your file names:
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PLANTMO: Bill of Material Snap Shots
Often there is a need to take a 'Snap Shot' of the current Bill of Material on a Project for purchasing or Managing Change. PLANTMO offers two ways to compare Bill of Materials in seconds. Join us to learn how it can save you time and money on your next CADWorx Plant design project.
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Intergraph CADWorx Design Review - 'The Engine that Can'
Intergraph CADWorx PLANT Professional is the premier "Intelligent" 3D Modeling AutoCAD-based Drawing Package on the Market.
Intergraph CADWorx Design Review allows the review of the CADWorx PLANT models by designers, managers, owners, and other stakeholders by using 3D Walkthrough Technology. With CADWorx Design Review, everyone shares the benefits of design collaboration and best of all its included FREE with CADWorx PLANT Professional.
- Quicker Review Cycles - Collaborate and review designs quicker and more intuitively. By using 3D, users are able to reduce the need to interpret designs via paper printouts and other non-interactive methods. Design Review improves collaboration with tools for markups, design comments and redlining.
- Intelligent Information - Access the same model information as you would within a CADWorx design session. Component names and descriptions, line numbers, weights and other plant design data are all available.
- Stunning Performance - The intuitive interface of CADWorx Design Review and its performance-based design makes manipulating and moving around even the largest models quick and smooth.
- Editable Animations - Creating informative and stunning animations is simple with CADWorx Design Review. Users can set out animation paths and edit the path line at any point. The view direction on any point of the animation path can also be edited in a combination of the six degrees of freedom, plus view angle.
- Impressive File Compression - With CADWorx Design Review, file conversion times are impressively fast, and the review files produced are up to one-eighth the original model size.
- Accurate Visualization - Powerful visualization tools provide settings for color, transparency and model shadows. With flexible selection sets, it is also possible to adjust settings, not only for single components, but for layers, specs, service, line numbers etc. in fact, for any selection set available to the user.
- Multi-Model Designs - There is no need to manually load the separate model files that make up a design. If files are externally referenced, these are automatically included in the review model.
- Intergraph CADWorx Design Create - CADWorx Design Create, an add-on to CADWorx Design Review, gives the ability to publish optional date-limited and password protected review models that can be read by CADWorx Design Review and CADWorx Design Viewer.
- Intergraph CADWorx Design Viewer - CADWorx Design Viewer is a free viewer that allows project stakeholders to view models published using CADWorx Design Create.
With this webinar, ECE Design would like to introduce you to the free and oft forgotten CADWorx Design Review. In the past, CADWorx Users have relied on the Navisworks platform but with the recent advances in Intergraph CADWorx Design Review, ECE Design is confident you'll find value in this free utility. Further, for a nominal charge, Intergraph CADWorx Design Create allows you to publish the models to be shared with a free viewer and view the intelligent data behind the Model at over a 50% cost savings to NavisWorks Manage.
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